Quiz 2 Q&a

What Pennsylvania politician is historically associated with "Congressional Reconstruction"?

Thaddeus Stevens

In 1905 this labor group broke with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and formed a new organization called the ____________.

Knights of Labor

March 1917, British spies intercepted and made public the Zimmerman Telegram. The telegram, sent by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman, called on what country to join in the coming war against the U.S.?

Mexico

In 1919, the _____ Amendment ushered the U.S. into the era commonly called Prohibition.

18th

What early U.S. President advocated a weak federal government and strong state and local governments, on the grounds that lower-level governments will be more responsive than the national government to the popular will?

Jefferson

According to the _________ Amendment, the U.S. government entered into a state of war with Spain in 1898 for the purpose of aiding Cuban patriots in their struggle for "liberty and freedom." It stated the U.S. would not annex Cuba.

Teller

On 20 December 1860 the following statement was issued: "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of ________ from the Federal Union".

South Carolina

In December 1865, the U.S. Congress approved the _____ Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the entire Union.

13th

During the "Roaring '20s," those Americans that sought to discuss politics, consume alcohol, and listen to Jazz among "mixed" company could often be found in underground clubs called _________.

Speakeasies

When the U.S. declared victory against Spain, ending the Spanish-American War of 1898, Cuba was forced to approve the _________ Amendment to the new Cuban Constitution before the American government recognized the country's independence.

Platt

The 1890s witnessed a major shift in immigration to the U.S. Despite the prolonged depression, 3.5 million newcomers entered America seeking jobs in the industrial centers of the North and Midwest. Most immigrants arrived from:

1.south and eastern Europe

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Compromise of 1850 include provisions for a new ________ that negated the Wilmot Provsio by allowing for special federal commissioners to determine to determine the fate of alleged criminals without the benefit of a jury trial or even testimony by the accused individual.

Fugitive Slave Law

In 1920, the _____ Amendment guaranteed all women across the U.S. the right to vote.

19th

What 1823 doctrine rejected notion that European powers had the right to colonize or interfere with the affairs of the independent nations of the Americas, but failed to mention the same of the United States?

Monroe

During the late 1880s and 1890s, many southern States enacted a number of measures in attempt to disenfranchise the African American voter. Such measures included all of the following, EXCEPT:

Color qualifications

Who led the military forces of the United States during The Seminole War of 1818?

1.Andrew Jackson

The emergence of the U.S. as an imperial power sparked intense debate. Writers, social reformers, and political activist responded to the "growth" of the American empire by forming the___________ .

Anti-Imperialist League

In 1898, under the rallying cry "Remember the Maine!", the United States went to war with _________.

1.Spain

of the following was NOT a Robber Baron?

William Featherhorn Gates

In his case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott claimed his freedom based on the fact that ________.

he had lived in free territory

By the early 19thCentury, what industry solidified the opinions of many large landowning Southerners with reference to continuing slavery in the Deep South

1.Cotton

What infamous Chicago-based gangster built a criminal empire during the prohibition era that at its height made more than 100 million dollars a year?

Al Capone

Control over what soon-to-be State catered to growing hostilities between the U.S. and Mexico, eventually leading to the Mexican-American War?

Texas

1.In response, to assure the American public that the U.S. had gone to war for a moral cause, President Woodrow Wilson issued his famous _______ Points.

14

In March 1933, Congress established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The CCC concentrated on public works projects like forest preservation, flood control, and the improvement of natural parks and wildlife preserves. The CCC targeted what type of unemployed Americans?

Young Men

On 1 January 1863, President Lincoln signed the __________, thus liberating slaves only in areas of the United Statesnotunder Union control.

1.Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following was NOT a feature of life in the United States during the late 1830s:

1.mercantilism

Unfortunately, increased immigration from southern and eastern Europe as well as Asia also increased the number of American _________ who blamed immigrants for urban crime, political and social corruption, and stealing their jobs.

1.Nativists

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 included the principle of "popular sovereignty," a process that led to violent confrontations between pro- and anti- slavery factions. The Act nullified the______________.

The Missouri Compromise

What term/event does NOT apply to the presidency of Andrew Jackson?

Reconstruction

During the end of the nineteenth century, for many working-class Americans the combination of industrial innovation, lassiez faire capitalism, and increased immigration result in an era of__________.

low wages, long hours

treaty signed on 3 August 1795, transferred most of the "Old Northwest Territory" from a Native American dominion to the U.S. government?

1.The Treaty of Greenville

At the end of the 19th Century, the U.S. engaged in a number of Imperialistic ventures. Contributing to pseudo-scientific and often misguided theories of Western cultural superiority was a theory known as _______.

Mahanism

What president is historically associated with "Presidential Reconstruction"?

1.Andrew Johnson

In May 1915, the sinking of the _________ outraged American public opinion and strengthened the hand of those who believed that the U.S. must prepare for entry into WWI.

1.Lusitania

The legislation used by the United States to imprison Americans who spoke or wrote against the participation in the First World War was called the ________________.

1.Espionage Act

One of the "greatest ironies" of Thomas Jefferson's term as President was the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. What country sold the Louisiana territory to the United States for $15 million?

France

President Theodore Roosevelt foreign policy views were influenced by the writings of ___________.

A.T. Mahan

The centerpiece of Roosevelt's "Second New Deal" was the __________ Act of 1935. It embodied Roosevelt's convictions that the national government had a responsibility to ensure the material well-being of ordinary Americans.

Social Security

1.The best approximation of the number of soldiers who died during the civil war is _______, or about 2% of the US population at the time. 620,000

In 1829 gold was discovered in _____________________.

1.Cherokee Territory in Georgia

This strategy became known as “______ Diplomacy.”

Dollar

What revolution provided the most inspiration for what historians have called “Gabriel’s Rebellion” in Virginia during the summer of 1800?

Haitian

The United States Constitution was adopted on 17 September 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The foundation of the constitution is built on the following branches of government, EXCEPT:

Presidential

In 1887, the Republican Presidential nominee took the Office of the Presidency based on a “compromise” that guaranteed Democrats all of the following, EXCEPT:

1.to renounce the 14th Amendment

On 15 February 1898, the U.S. war vessel “Maine” blew up in the harbor of what country?

Cuba

In 1819, what agreement established California’s northern border as the limit of Spain’s northern land claims in America?

The Adams-Onis Treaty

_______ is the misguided historical belief that the U.S. is destined and ordained by God to expand across the American continent.

Manifest Destiny

Arguably, what War of 1812 battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero?

Battle of New Orleans

What Shawnee war chief led a pan-American resistance of the “Red Stick” (or “Baton Rouge”) against U.S. expansion and settler abuses during the early 19th Century?

Tecumseh

In 1914, author and activist Margaret Sanger published a landmark work that challenged the role of women in society, underscored a woman’s right to her own body, and urge women in the U.S. to demand equal rights. That work was entitled_______.

Women Rebel

The Emergency Banking Act was the first of an unprecedented flurry of legislation during the first three months of President Roosevelt’s “New Deal.” This period of time is commonly referred to as _______.

1.The first hundred days

Who became U.S. president as a direct result of the Compromise of 1877?

Rutherford Hayes

In 1830, Congress authorized President Andrew Jackson to exchange public lands in the West for Native American territories in the East in a contentious Act entitled: